Issue 114 / Week 7 / 2023

This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.

There are 15 entries in this issue:

Editorial

Behind the Scenes of Issue 114

Update on the status of the newsletter, deinfluencing, new shops and discounts, in the mailbox, deskmat, etc.

Projects

Chocofly v2.0

Chocofly v2.0 by u/vitvlkv with some neat features.

NINE keyboard

NINE by But She's a Girl is an updated Piano – with PCB and case files shared.

Corne thumb trackball

An updated Corne PCB which integrates a thumb trackball – shared by idank.

Lörtsy

Lörtsy is a monoblock split Atreus-derivative by Cedutus.

SCI-CALC

SCI-CALC is a wireless mechanical calculator/macropad by techstacknerd.

Essence

Hyper170's Essence is an angled unibody split populated by a standard ANSI keycap set.

ReviungDash47

The Reviung-inspired ReviungDash47 by tumler comes with some extra keys.

Mantis with Hex caps

The Mantis prototype, shared by Felix Kuehling, is designed around the Hex caps.

btrfld v2

Evalyn Emmerich released the next iteration of her folding btrfld – now with PCBs.

askew-kbd

Ben Cooper's first split design: the corneoid askew-kbd with some splay.

Yask

Yask Bois by Sndr666 – yet another split keyboard.

Tips & Tricks

Nydas Amoeba

Another single-key PCB for keyboards: Nydas Amoeba by Andy Sawyer.

ffkb low profile trackball case

Sadek Baroudi published the files of this ffkb low profile trackball case.

XVX Cube keycaps

XVX is planning on releasing their transparent Cube keycaps with detachable legends.

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